History Main / EmbarrassingLastName

* In the third VideoGame/TimeCrisis video game, while not considered embarrassing in-universe, some players love to snicker at Alan ''Dunaway's'' surname.

* A certain SleazyPolitician witness in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' calls himself Paul Atishon, but when asked to identify himself in court, he reveals that his full name is actually Paul Atishon-'''Wimperson'''. Athena says it's little wonder he decides to keep the latter half of his name out.

* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Skye was raised under the name of Mary Sue Poots, which might explain why she unpersoned herself and created the identity of Skye. Of course, neither of these is her real name - that's [[spoiler:ComicBook/DaisyJohnson]].

* In the [[''Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2'']], new freshman Emily Junk admits her mother's last name is weird, but it was better than using her dad's last name "Hardon".

** Chandler Muriel Bing uses his first name is because it's the least embarrassing of his embarrassing names.

* In ''Adachi and Shimamura'', Shimamura dislikes her last name, since it reminds her too much of a fashion store, and wishes she was a Shimazaki.

* Jassart [=LeBlanc=]'s real last name in ''Webcomic/SnowByNight'' is Charbonnier. It's embarrassing to him because it means "son of a charcoaler," which is more or less the most looked-down-upon occupation in Saronnean society. ''

* In the third VideoGame/TimeCrisis video game, while not considered embarrassing in-universe, some players love to snicker at Alan ''Dunaway's'' surname.

* Alejandro from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has his last name revealed by Chris to everyone in ''All Stars''. Chris gets a good laugh at learning that his name is "Alejandro Burros Muertos" (Dead Donkeys.) This gets lampshaded further into the episode.

* From ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' we have ex-CIA agent and current social worker, Cobra Bubbles. [[ScaryBlackMan He's intimidating enough]] that nobody ever makes fun of him for it.

* Shimana Kameko from ''Manga/YumeMiruTaiyou'' hates her surname because it means "turtle girl".

** In the novel ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', Watch commander Sam Vimes interviews a new police recruit: a Dwarf called Cheery. As this first name is straight out of Walt Disney, this is embarrassing enough. More is to follow. The dwarf's second name is Littlebottom. and Cheery Littlebottom has an even more embarrassing secret yet...
** There's also Agnes Nitt, who imagines an alternate personality named Perdita X Dream. When she needs to give her identity in ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'', she goes with Perdita X Nitt... and is told they need to do something about the Nitt.

* ''Manga/NewGame'' Umiko Ahagon dislikes her last name and insists that the other employees call her by her first name.

* In the short story "The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes" by Laura Lippman, the protagonist is a young girl named Sheila Locke-Weiner. At one point she asks her mother if she can shorten it to just Sheila Locke, but her mother says that would be disrespectful to her father. Her mother goes on to say that if children tease her about, she should point out that is actually pronounced 'Whiner'. Sheila's silent observation is that that is not very much better.

* ''Literature/TheAmyVirus'': Both the protagonist Cynthia Butt and her friend Renate Silverdick.
* In the ''[[Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection American Girl]]'' book/short story ''Snickerdoodle,'' the main character is a girl named Kayla who is bullied at snowboarding camp because her last name is Bobsburger. She becomes the target of a mean-spirited prank; the bullies sneak into her cabin at night while she is asleep and cover her hair in ketchup, mustard, and pickles. Fortunately, a couple of camp councilors caught the bullies sneaking out of the cabin, and the bullies are punished with shoveling snow all day and having their parents notified.

* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'': The Hitler-like dictator of Britain in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' is named Adam ''Susan''. No wonder they changed his name into Sutler on [[Film/VForVendetta the movie]].

* Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib, from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. This is the result of: 1) his culture taking their last names from the ship they are assigned to after completing their ComingOfAge ritual, 2) his civilization buying/salvaging/taking any ship that can be of use to them, and 3) the fact that some ships have a galactic registry that makes simply renaming them extremely impractical. This is something of a sensitive topic for him, which Tali warns you of beforehand, but you are free to ignore this advice for the lulz.

-->-- ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]''

* Trixie Lulamoon of FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse absolutely hates her last name. She claims it's due to being teased by foals singing "Skip To My Lou" when she was younger, but it might also be due to being embarrassed by what her drunk AlternateSelf (who does go by "Lulamoon"), gets up to when she comes out to play.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Feet of Clay'', Watch commander Sam Vimes interviews a new police recruit: a Dwarf called Cheery. As this first name is straight out of Walt Disney, this is embarrassing enough. More is to follow. The dwarf's second name is Littlebottom. and Cheery Littlebottom has an even more embarrassing secret yet...

* On ''{{Series/Wings}}'', Roy is in love with a woman named Barbara Farkachevsky. Antonio points out that she'd probably marry him in a heartbeat just so she could be rid of that horrible surname.

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* A certain SleazyPolitician witness in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' calls himself Paul Atishon, but when asked to identify himself in court, he reveals that his full name is actually Paul Atishon-'''Wimperson'''. Athena says it's little wonder he decides to keep the latter half of his name out.

* In the ''[[Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection American Girl]]'' book/short story ''Snickerdoodle,'' the main character is a girl named Kayla who is bullied at snowboarding camp because her last name is Bobsburger. She becomes the target of a mean-spirited prank; the bullies sneak into her cabin at night while she is asleep and cover her hair in ketchup, mustard, and pickles.